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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top International Visual Effects Supervisors - Top Worldwide Screenwriters
This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $1,247,781,809 | 10 | $124,778,181 |
| 102 | Stephen Chow | $1,243,471,146 | 7 | $177,638,735 |
| 103 | Jane Goldman | $1,240,509,152 | 10 | $124,050,915 |
| 104 | Bob Peterson | $1,224,664,949 | 4 | $306,166,237 |
| 105 | Andrew Adamson | $1,221,139,104 | 5 | $244,227,821 |
| 106 | Michael Green | $1,209,878,405 | 9 | $134,430,934 |
| 107 | Scott Frank | $1,183,374,518 | 12 | $98,614,543 |
| 108 | Quentin Tarantino | $1,175,087,133 | 15 | $78,339,142 |
| 109 | Michael McCullers | $1,171,077,655 | 7 | $167,296,808 |
| 110 | Daniel Gerson | $1,169,358,132 | 3 | $389,786,044 |
| 111 | Justin Lin | $1,167,856,895 | 4 | $291,964,224 |
| 112 | James Vanderbilt | $1,136,837,860 | 14 | $81,202,704 |
| 113 | Allison Schroeder | $1,131,570,916 | 4 | $282,892,729 |
| 114 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $1,126,528,405 | 13 | $86,656,031 |
| 115 | Robert L. Baird | $1,122,105,286 | 3 | $374,035,095 |
| 116 | Paul Haggis | $1,121,598,022 | 8 | $140,199,753 |
| 117 | Paul W.S. Anderson | $1,121,540,817 | 10 | $112,154,082 |
| 118 | Guy Ritchie | $1,121,464,593 | 13 | $86,266,507 |
| 119 | Fan Guo (郭帆) | $1,116,957,438 | 2 | $558,478,719 |
| 120 | Gong Geer | $1,116,957,438 | 2 | $558,478,719 |
| 121 | Max Borenstein | $1,107,511,359 | 6 | $184,585,227 |
| 122 | Robert Mark Kamen | $1,105,651,630 | 16 | $69,103,227 |
| 123 | Shane Black | $1,103,977,261 | 9 | $122,664,140 |
| 124 | Steven Zaillian | $1,082,231,784 | 16 | $67,639,487 |
| 125 | Mike White | $1,072,009,622 | 11 | $97,455,420 |
| 126 | David Magee | $1,050,800,499 | 12 | $87,566,708 |
| 127 | Pete Docter | $1,049,589,632 | 3 | $349,863,211 |
| 128 | Dave Holstein | $1,045,851,588 | 1 | $1,045,851,588 |
| 129 | Scott Silver | $1,045,382,823 | 5 | $209,076,565 |
| 130 | Matthew Vaughn | $1,041,091,429 | 7 | $148,727,347 |
| 131 | Joe Robert Cole | $1,039,477,292 | 5 | $207,895,458 |
| 132 | Damon Lindelof | $1,039,178,482 | 6 | $173,196,414 |
| 133 | Zak Penn | $1,035,343,620 | 7 | $147,906,231 |
| 134 | Yu Yonggan | $1,034,100,013 | 4 | $258,525,003 |
| 135 | Mike Reiss | $1,034,049,120 | 2 | $517,024,560 |
| 136 | Justin Haythe | $1,020,543,660 | 7 | $145,791,951 |
| 137 | Han Han | $1,017,020,516 | 5 | $203,404,103 |
| 138 | Laeta Kalogridis | $1,015,902,750 | 7 | $145,128,964 |
| 139 | Josh Appelbaum | $1,012,278,632 | 5 | $202,455,726 |
| 140 | Andre Nemec | $1,012,278,632 | 6 | $168,713,105 |
| 141 | Peter Ackerman | $1,010,440,162 | 3 | $336,813,387 |
| 142 | Billy Ray | $1,004,883,816 | 16 | $62,805,239 |
| 143 | Nicholas Stoller | $992,607,591 | 17 | $58,388,682 |
| 144 | Jonathan Hensleigh | $987,824,837 | 11 | $89,802,258 |
| 145 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $977,838,521 | 4 | $244,459,630 |
| 146 | Christopher L. Yost | $974,409,281 | 3 | $324,803,094 |
| 147 | Joe Stillman | $974,226,154 | 5 | $194,845,231 |
| 148 | Ed Solomon | $972,764,314 | 12 | $81,063,693 |
| 149 | Dan Fogelman | $961,708,713 | 11 | $87,428,065 |
| 150 | Greta Gerwig | $961,552,241 | 5 | $192,310,448 |
| 151 | John Francis Daley | $958,909,922 | 9 | $106,545,547 |
| 152 | Jonathan Goldstein | $958,909,922 | 9 | $106,545,547 |
| 153 | Jon Vitti | $957,861,643 | 5 | $191,572,329 |
| 154 | Rian Johnson | $956,082,828 | 6 | $159,347,138 |
| 155 | Chris Sanders | $953,186,452 | 5 | $190,637,290 |
| 156 | Mark Burton | $946,310,168 | 10 | $94,631,017 |
| 157 | Simon Beaufoy | $934,964,651 | 10 | $93,496,465 |
| 158 | Adam Sztykiel | $929,198,086 | 9 | $103,244,232 |
| 159 | Zhang Yimou | $920,374,067 | 4 | $230,093,517 |
| 160 | Geneva Robertson | $919,446,255 | 2 | $459,723,128 |
| 161 | T.S. Nowlin | $913,760,268 | 5 | $182,752,054 |
| 162 | Christopher Miller | $900,268,474 | 7 | $128,609,782 |
| 163 | Phil Lord | $900,187,136 | 6 | $150,031,189 |
| 164 | David Callaham | $899,106,864 | 10 | $89,910,686 |
| 165 | Michael Crichton | $897,061,302 | 6 | $149,510,217 |
| 166 | Wu Jing | $894,480,805 | 2 | $447,240,403 |
| 167 | William Nicholson | $893,011,270 | 12 | $74,417,606 |
| 168 | Craig Mazin | $891,944,355 | 9 | $99,104,928 |
| 169 | Yang Yu | $883,877,432 | 2 | $441,938,716 |
| 170 | Anthony McCarten | $880,541,137 | 6 | $146,756,856 |
| 171 | Jay Scherick | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 172 | David Ronn | $879,128,248 | 5 | $175,825,650 |
| 173 | Edgar Wright | $876,583,350 | 9 | $97,398,150 |
| 174 | Eric Warren Singer | $875,806,154 | 9 | $97,311,795 |
| 175 | Jeffrey Price | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 176 | Peter S. Seaman | $874,518,732 | 5 | $174,903,746 |
| 177 | Will Beall | $871,900,000 | 4 | $217,975,000 |
| 178 | Dana Fox | $871,753,123 | 12 | $72,646,094 |
| 179 | Dean Georgaris | $869,077,802 | 6 | $144,846,300 |
| 180 | Don Rhymer | $864,983,990 | 8 | $108,122,999 |
| 181 | Brian Helgeland | $862,330,899 | 19 | $45,385,837 |
| 182 | Yu Chen (陈宇) | $861,797,239 | 3 | $287,265,746 |
| 183 | Dong Qun | $861,088,988 | 2 | $430,544,494 |
| 184 | George Miller | $860,164,689 | 10 | $86,016,469 |
| 185 | Emily Carmichael | $858,209,135 | 2 | $429,104,568 |
| 186 | Danny Strong | $854,718,717 | 6 | $142,453,120 |
| 187 | William Broyles Jr. | $850,316,629 | 7 | $121,473,804 |
| 188 | Makoto Shinkai | $842,377,127 | 3 | $280,792,376 |
| 189 | Wang Yu | $840,855,520 | 2 | $420,427,760 |
| 190 | Liu Honglu | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 191 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 192 | Sun Jibin | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 193 | Tsui Hark | $837,185,284 | 9 | $93,020,587 |
| 194 | James Mangold | $823,089,558 | 10 | $82,308,956 |
| 195 | David Ayer | $817,585,490 | 11 | $74,325,954 |
| 196 | Matt Reeves | $816,047,569 | 4 | $204,011,892 |
| 197 | Liu Yi | $813,019,736 | 1 | $813,019,736 |
| 198 | Harald Kloser | $805,839,593 | 3 | $268,613,198 |
| 199 | Adam Sandler | $804,172,061 | 15 | $53,611,471 |
| 200 | David Reynolds | $799,050,368 | 3 | $266,350,123 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.